Kerry councillors seek property deals with NAMA

COUNCILLORS in the Tralee electoral area are asking the Government to ensure that local authorities in Kerry be allowed to purchase sites and houses directly from NAMA and to be allowed avail of any loan schemes attached to the body.

The proposal — from Fine Gael councillors Jim Finucane and Pat McCarthy — came during a meeting which heard that none of the four local authorities in Kerry was building or buying any property, right now.

The meeting in the county buildings in Tralee, heard that the rental accommodation scheme, (RAS) — whereby the council pays rent to private property landowners — was now its only means of housing families.